Dripping-can



(ModeL) H. O. MOSELEY.

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No. 232,141. Paten ted S ept. 14,1880.

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NVPETERS PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASNINGYON. u Cv UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

HANDSON O. MOSELEY, OF PROSPERITY, SOUTH CAROLINA.

DRIPPING-CAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 232,141, datedSeptember 14, 1880. Application filed June a, 1880. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HANDSON 0. MosELEY, a citizen of Prosperity,residing at Prosperity, in the county of Newberry and State of SouthCarolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDripping-Clans; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to lettersor figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to drip-cans for the purpose of saving thedrippings from measures used in stores for oil, molasses,and otherliquids; and it consists in the construction of the can, which will behereinafter more fully described, and set forth in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a vertical section of the can, andFig. 2 is a top view of the perforated shelf seated within the top ofthe can, the cover being open. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation, showing thesupport for the cover. Figs. 4 and 5 are the plan view and section ofthe removable perforated shelf.

A is the can, made of any convenient size and proportions as ,to heightand diameter to suit the purpose for which it is to be employed. In thebottom a sloping lining is used, as at B, so as to drain all the liquidto one point, I), where there is a spigot, 11, for drawing it off.

(I is a removable circular and perforated dripping-plate, supported onbrackets a, made concave somewhat, and has around it, at a convenientdistance from the margin, a circular bail-wire, 0, supported on suitablestandards c on the perforated shelf G, the purpose of which is to restthe handles of the mensures upon it to keep them out of the drippingswhen they are turned down, as represented in the drawings, Fig. 1

D is the cover, which, when turned up, rests upon abraeket, a, on theoutside of the can A. The measures and funnels, when resting upon thebail-wire c, are so far within that the cover can be shut down overthem.

The shelf 0 is made removable for the purpose of cleansing it.

I claim- A dripping-can having a sloping bottom, a spigot at the lowestside, a removable concave perforated dripping-shelf having on it acircularbail-wire for supporting the measures, and a bracket forsupporting the cover when open, all constructed substantially as and forthe purpose described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HANDSON O. MOSELEY.

Witnesses:

A. .H. WHEELER, J. W. BOWERS.

